Paul and the Jews

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>>>>> "CDSTERRE" == CDSTERRE  <CDSTERRE@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU> writes:

    CDSTERRE> I am curious to see something here.  I would like input
    CDSTERRE> on this since I am only studying the word and want to
    CDSTERRE> learn.  In Acts, Paul is mentioned many times going into
    CDSTERRE> the synagoges preaching to the Jews.  He knew the Jews
    CDSTERRE> did not believe the same gospel and he knew that they
    CDSTERRE> would attack him and scold him for his beliefs, yet he
    CDSTERRE> did it anyways.  When I read this in the Amplified
    CDSTERRE> Bible, I see someone who is bold and standing firm in
    CDSTERRE> his word and going up against those of non-belief.  I
    CDSTERRE> see a guy who was not looking to become buddy buddy with
    CDSTERRE> the Jews, but a guy who was preaching salvation.  Am I
    CDSTERRE> viewing Paul wrong in this situation or is this actually
    CDSTERRE> what he did?

Well, if you want to reasd the truth, do not amplify it, but take it
just like it says: read the KJV or the Greek if you prefer.  

But, yes, that is the impression I also get of Paul, except that his
spirit was *NOT* that of Jonah.  Jonah preached at Nineveh because he
had to.  He did not want the message to have any effect.  He was just
doing his job, and reluctantly at that.  

On the other hand, I believe that Paul was not only obeying Jesus by
preaching first to the Jew, but that he, being one of them, had
compassion on them, and really wanted to see them saved.  

Paul also had impeccable credentials as a Jew knowing the word of God
-- the law and the prophets.  He had sat at the feet of Gamailiel, the
high priest.  He was a member of the Sanhedron.  Paul had religous
clout!  It would be like having a cardinal in the Catholic church
convert to this gospel, and then go back and preach it in the Vatican.

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